Sunday, May 17, 2015

Circle B Bar Reserve

I am linking up with Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday They are both fun memes to participate in...I hope you can join in with the fun and check out some of the participating posts.

I am continuing with another post and photos from our Florida trip. We visited the Circle B Bar Reserve located in Lakeland, Polk County. The Circle B is known as a hotspot for birding in Florida. It is named after the cattle ranch that existed on this property. The property was acquired by Polk County and the pastures were restored back to it's natural state, the marsh land. It is now home to an impressive bird population. Nature trails, picnic areas and a beautiful Discovery center are a must see if you are near Lakeland, Florida..

Above some of the beautiful trees along the Circle B trails, Marsh land, Cormorant & Red-shouldered Hawk are seen in the mosaic.

I love the lighting on the trees and spanish moss.

One of my favorite Florida birds the Limpkin and the Common Moorhen or also known as the Common Gallinule.

We had to wait awhile for this gator to move off the trail. I am not sure if the lady on the other side turned back and returned the way she came or not. These are photos from our first visit to Circle B, we loved it so much we went back a second time.. I hope you enjoyed my photos.. Thank you for visiting and for all the nice comments.. Have a great day and week ahead!

I use Pic Monkey to create my mosaics, you can use Pic Monkey free or pay for an upgraded version.

I hope you can join in on our fun with Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday

Thanks to Judith our host of Mosaic Monday and to the hosting group of Our World Tuesday: Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy and Jennifer. I wish everyone a happy week ahead!

Hello Eileen!!Florida is a lovely place to visit!!Beautiful birds!!Amazing critters!!Great captures!Like the Spanish Moss!!The aligator, i would be afraid to see it!So imressive!I really enjoyed your post!!Have a happy week!Dimi...

the gator is grinning and thinking, come on down lady, i am waiting. have you ever heard a Limpkin during mating season? it is horrible they are so loud you can't sleep and it goes all day and all night. no one wants a limpkin in their yard or even close.. but they are pretty. this looks like a beautiful place. we are about 50 or 60 miles from there and have never been.

Dearest Eileen; Wow, what a great nature experience in Florida!!! I'm surprise with the alligator on the trail, haha SO scary but I wish I were with you♪ Great series of mosaic with varieties of lives♡♡♡ The picture of the the lighting on the trees and spanish moss is fantastic♡♡♡

Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

Love the monarch - they are my favorite. I haven't seen any here yet but I saw one in Texas when we visited there in March. The limpkin is an interesting bird. Great capture! I really like the image where the sunlight shines through the moss covered tree, too. Have a good week!Beth

What a great place indeed!! Love the birds, but like everyone else, I would prefer not to meet up with the alligator!! Great photos as always, Eileen! And thanks, as always, for sharing the fun and the beauty with us!!

The shot of the tree with Spanish Moss is stunning and looks like a a painting. The alligator shot is so funny. I once got blocked from walking to the mailbox by a big black snake. I totally turned around.

Awesome photographs, all except for the alligator and that makes me quesy! Who is that standing way to close to it??? Yikes! Your photo's of that spanish moss, incredible! Great shots Eileen!Have a super week!Nancy

That looks such a beautiful place to visit Eileen. I agree, the Spanish Moss is simply stunning and I've never seen anything like that.

There's a great selection of birds and as always when I see pictures of Florida and its birds I get a feeling that I'd love to see it for real. I'd love the see those huge alligators too but keep a respectable distance, even from those that look to be sleeping.

TexWisGirl's comment made me laugh. I could echo those words :) The birds extraordinary, as is the alligator eye. Wow! I would so love to be able to visit the Circle B some day. Oh, and must mention the lighting on those gorgeous trees. Just wonderful!

Wonderful photos, Eileen. Love the eery look of the Spanish moss hanging on the trees. I'd be turning around if I saw an alligator on the pathway, too! Hope you didn't have to wait too long for it to move.

Oh my!!That alligator is massive!How impressive but exciting to meet such a specimen!I love the tree with the moss hanging and the suns rays hitting it, that is pure magic :)Gorgeous limpkin pictures too and the other critters!!Keep well, I'll be back next week ;-)

Happy Memorial Day Eileen. Your Spanish Moss photo looks like a painting. It's beautiful. The alligator is MASSIVE! I am glad that lady saw it before getting too close to it. I would love to visit Circle B some day to watch those birds.

Looks like you enjoyed your trip to Fla. Lakeland is a lovely area!!! Most awesome shot of the live oaks with the spanish moss and sunlight coming through. We use to have a cabin on the St. Johns River, south of Lake George and loved watch the osprey fish the river!!! Messy birds!! They would use our dock to eat their fish and poop!! That's one well fed gator!!! Never canoe or kayak with a dog in Fla. They LOVE dogs and will climb a chain link fence to get one!! awesome and fun shots!!

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are traveling, hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
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